Using Photo Loader
This section describes how to use Photo Loader.
■Loading an image
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*Photo Loader can be used to capture the following types of multimedia file.
•Image files saved in JPEG format
•Video files saved in AVI format (including those without sound)
•Audio files saved in WAV format
Linked still images (JPEG) and audio files (WAV) can also be managed in linked form by Photo Loader.
*Connect peripheral units to your PC before loading images. Read the instruction manual for the digital camera for connection details.
*There are two methods of sorting images to be loaded: “Sort by recording date(R)” and “Sort by date (P)”. See “Library sort method” on page 42 for details.
Loading an image automatically
You can have a supervisory program start and load images automatically from the digital camera connected to your PC by setting automatic loading.
The automatic loading function only works in the following conditions.
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Digital camera | USB connection | Special USB cable | |
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PC card adapter | PC card slot | • Using a CompactFlash card | |
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| PC card adapter | |
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| • Using an SD memory card/ | |
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| MultiMediaCard (MMC) | |
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| Commercially available PC card adapter | |
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Card reader | USB connection or parallel | • Using a CompactFlash card | |
| connection | Commercially available CF card reader/ | |
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| writer | |
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| • Using an SD memory card/ | |
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| MultiMediaCard (MMC) | |
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| Commercially available SD memory card | |
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| reader/writer | |
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